| Lakes and Lagunas of Catemaco |
| Five lakes and one lagoon grace the municipal Catemaco landscape. In common Spanish, "laguna" (lagoon) and "lago" (lake) are often used interchangeably. |
| Type: groundwater fed crater lake, Name: Nahuatl "en el agua verde esmeralda", emerald waters, Size: 590 m x 570 m, app 30 ha, Depth: max. 43 m, avg 22 m, Water Quality: eutrophic, murky, Altitude: 420 m, 100 m above laguna, Tourism: no facilities. Access: 3 km southwest of Catemaco, off Acayucan highway, along partially paved rural road. |
| Laguna Amolapan |
| Laguna Chalchoapan |
| Laguna Nixtamalpan |
| Laguna Sontecomapan |
| Lago Apompal |
| Type: coastal lagoon, fed by various rivers, Name: Nahuatl " cabeza de rios" headwaters, Size: app. 6200 m longest x 4000 m widest, highly irregular, 900 ha, Depth: max 5 m, avg less than 2 m, Water Quality: clear to murky, brackish, Altitude: sea level, Tourism: see Sontecomapan attractions, Access: 18 km northwest of Catemaco, off Montepio highway, on edge of town of Sontecomapan. More photos & details. |
| Name: various interpretations, most popular but unlikely: place of the burned houses, Surface: 73 km² Depth: maximum 22 m, average 7.6 m, center 11m, Size: maximum width 10,250 m, length 12,320 m, Shape: elliptical bowl, Perimeter: 49,754 m, Volume: 553 millon cubic meters, Watershed: app. 323 km² Water Quality: eutrophic, murky, Altitude: 340 m, Tourism: see Laguna Catemaco attractions, Access: shores of the city of Catemaco and various surrounding locations. More photos & details. |
| Laguna Catemaco |
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| Catemaco Veracruz, Mexico |
| Type: shallow groundwater fed lake, Name: Pibil - "en el agua del axmole", waters of the axmol (Moon Flower), also Axmolapan & Amaloapan, Size: app. 150 m x 115 m, 1.7 ha, Depth: unknown, presumed to be less than 8 m, Water Quality: unknown, murky, Altitude: 360 m, 20 m above laguna, Access: 2 km north of Catemaco, on Sontecomapan highway, at El Cortijo entrance. More photos & details. |
| Type: groundwaterfed crater lake, Name: Nahuatl - "en el agua de nixtamal", waters of the nixtamal (corn dough), Size: app 480 m x 430 m, 20 ha, Depth: unknown, said to be 50 m, Water Quality: unknown, murky, Altitude: 410 m, 50 m above laguna?, Tourism: no facilities, Access: 2.2 km northwest of Catemaco, off Sontecomapan highway, 1/4 mile above hospital. |
| Type: groundwater fed crater lake, Name: Spanish - Apompo tree (money tree), Size: app. 140 x 100m, 1.4 ha, Depth: unknown, presumed shallow, Water Quality: clear but muddy Altitude: app 750 m, 310 m above laguna, Tourism: nearby ecotouristic facilities Access: 28 km northwest of Catemaco, off Las Margaritas road, above Miguel Hidalgo village. |
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| Laguna Sontecomapan - a coastal lagoon, Laguna Chalchoapan - a crater lake fed by groundwater, Laguna Nixtamalapan - a crater lake fed by groundwater, Lago Apompal - a shallow groundwater fed lake, Laguna Amolapan - a shallow groundwater fed lake, Laguna Catemaco - a true lake, fed by streams. |